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BuzzWordBingoI'm having a synchronicity event around BuzzWordBingo. ESB for "enterprise services bus" which is the current, new, new thing, finally tore it for me. So, I've edited out the rant, but kept two questions:
-- JimBullock, 2003.07.17 (Can we start a CurmudgeonCorner ? What about category tag "curmudgeon"? I'd hate to play for laughs all over someone who's terminally sincere. OK, maybe not.) Technology Slogan Generator (tm)
A. Initial Buzzwords:
B. Adjectives:
C. Subject Nouns:
I'm sure we can improve these (insert alphabetically please!) --BobLee 2003.07.18 OK, Jim, CurmudgeonCorner for rants-du-jour or whatever else rankles! --BobLee 2003.07.17 ;-> Jim Bob, How would you like to make up a set of buzz words out of which we could draw some random bingo cards. We'll distribute them at the conference, and people could fill them in as they hear buzz words uttered. We'd then give a prize to all bingoers. It would keep all of us on our toes. - JerryWeinberg 2003.07.17 See top of page bl Oh, my bog (intentional - ed). That's brilliant. Way back when I was being corrupted as a youth (perhaps seeking corruption) one subversive teacher gave us an exercise in "propaganda" - three columns of words. Choose one from each column to come up with your high-sounding something or other to rally around. These lists work exactly the same way, except in technology space. We're on to something here. What we do is hand out the word lists as a Technology Slogan Generator(tm) one of the gimmies from attending the AYE conference. Because effectiveness is all about the slogans. More off on CurmudgeonCorner. -- JimBullock, 2003.07.17 (I am so feeling the love right now.) I added a couple forms of "transformation." THAT is the one key buzzword in the Dept of Defense world. We are supposed to transformation everything. I am still not sure what it means. DwaynePhillips 19 July 2003 After you've been transformationized, you'll know. You're be transformationally debriefed. - JerryWeinberg 2003.07.19 Some words are so good they can be used for EVERYTHING because they have great mojo. When I first arrived at my new job I was struck - well actually confused - by one or two words that seem to be tagged onto everything. I was reminded of a South Park (Cartoon show) episode where the kids (the protagonists) board an alien ship and are whisked away to the alien's world. In this alien world there is only one word used as a noun. I forget the word in the word, but let's say it was "treebark". The alien welcoming committee went like this: Welcome to treebark. We hope treebark will provide treebark for you and you find treebark to be the treebark. If you want any treebark let us know. One kid exclaims, Dude, I can't understand you! Ah, yes, now I understand. - BeckyWinant 2003.07.21 The word from that South Park episode is "marklar." I have a .wav file of the alien saying: "Marklar to you." if anybody wants it. --- JimBullock, 2003.07.21 (Marklar to you, too.) Jim, You are a marklar of ...er... arts and letters - or at least words. Thanks for supplying the accurate word. You are a true marklar among marklars. The buzz word bingo version can supply any one or two words from the lists above. I suppose technically this isn't a bingo game, but something else. Can you use one word often enough and just short of too much so that everyone feels they should know what you are saying, but are really totally confused. - BeckyWinant 2003.07.22 Yes. It's called "buzz." -- JimBullock, 2003.07.22 Ok. - BeckyWinant 2003.07.24 Here's a pair of exercises:
Very interesting experience. - JimBullock, 2003.07.25 (Intentionally Subversive Agent) "We have this pattern!" -- BobLee 2003.07.25 Jim's idea can be implemented easily by deleting all of these words from your spell checker. Then it becomes a buzzword checker. JerryWeinberg 2003.07.25 I wonder how many AYE conference buzzwords are being used that some of the attendees don't know about or are not familar with? Should that list be started? JohnSuzuki 2003.07.25 John - Imagine life without buzzwords: "You know, that thingie that has no name, kinda like on the last project. The thingie that let more than one thingie run at once, you know." Maybe I prefer concurrency? Seriously, much of the benefit of the patterns exploration comes from giving names to patterns. They allow us to talk about shared knowledge economically. Chunking of concepts allows us to reach a higher level of discussion easier with fewer misunderstandings. There has to be a sweet spot between too much and too little jargon / buzzwords. --BobLee 2002.07.26 There has to be a sweet spot between too much and too little jargon / buzzwords. Well yeah. When the jargon-word has a well understood meaning for all the participants in a conversation, it's a wonderful thing. "Integral" means something if you've ground through calculus class and remembered some stuff about it. Whe the jargon-word does not have a well understood meaning for all the participants, it's some other game. One of my least favorites is the: "It means exactly what I want it to mean." game. Of course when someone's talking with no iterest in whether the folks listening get anything out of the experience it doesn't much matter what the words are. -- JimBullock, 2003.07.27
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